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A quiet flame : a Bernie Gunther novel / Philip Kerr.

Kerr, Philip. (Author).

Summary:

the former Berlin homicide detective seeks exile in Argentina in 1950, along with others connected to the Nazi past (one of his fellow ship passengers is Adolf Eichmann). A few weeks after Gunther arrives in Buenos Aires, a local policeman, Colonel Montalbán, asks his help in solving the savage murder of 15-year-old Grete Wohlauf. Montalbán has noticed similarities between this crime and two unsolved murders Gunther investigated in 1932 Germany. Another teenage girl's disappearance heightens the urgency of the inquiry. In exchange for free medical treatment for his just diagnosed thyroid cancer, Gunther agrees to subtly grill members of the large German community. A secret he stumbles on soon places his life in jeopardy.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0399155309
  • ISBN: 9780399155307
  • Physical Description: 389 pages ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
  • Publisher: New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Marian Wood book."
Originally published: London : Quercus, 2008.
Subject: Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character)
Gunther, Bernhard (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Girls > Crimes against > Fiction.
Nazis > Fiction.
Private investigators > Fiction.
Undercover operations > Fiction.
Girls.
Argentina > History > 1943-1955 > Fiction.
Argentina > Politics and government > 1943-1955 > Fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.
Historical fiction.

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  • 14 of 15 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library FIC KER (Text) 37810434881297 Adult Fiction Available -